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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How on the hell could a SCHOOL have a “policy” that staff are not allowed to stop a FIVE YEAR OLD who is attempting to leave its campus? If I had that policy in my house it would be called child abuse, and rightly so. This idea is one of the most ridiculous things I have ever heard here. Someone post a link to this alleged policy.[/quote]

I doubt there is a written policy saying that. The policy on behavior management doesn't say that (https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/policy/detail.aspx?recID=282&policyID=JGA-RA&sectionID=10) and it addresses use of physical restraint by staff. I wouldn't be surprised if teachers THINK that's the policy though; communication of what laws and policies actually say to teachers is often very poor.[/quote]

Agreed on perceptions of what teachers are allowed to do versus reality. I would also point out, though, that only staff trained in safe physical restraints can restrain a child. A regular kindergarten classroom teacher is unlikely to be in that group.

The answer here, as others have said, is for every teacher to be trained in trauma-based approaches, for there to be additional adults in the classroom, and for every school to have social workers and counselors that can help keep elopement from happening. Only a tiny fraction of that is within the ability of any individual school, which means we need systemic approaches. [/quote]

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